{"author_link":"\/author\/michail\/","author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","comments":[{"author_name":"ElScootro","author_uid":"14881","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1367239680,"text":"Fun game! I personally prefer keyboard controls for this sort of thing, I'm always getting out of control with the mouse. I hope you'll continue developing this one, it definitely has potential!"},{"author_name":"AlvaroH","author_uid":"21599","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1367244540,"text":"Good arkanoid style game!"},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:16pm","epoch":1367244660,"text":"Pretty fun spin on breakout... but it got kinda stale fast....  I wanna see more powerups than just extra boll. Arkanoid had tons of em."},{"author_name":"martijn","author_uid":"20699","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1367244780,"text":"rank: potato.\r<br\/> lol."},{"author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:23pm","epoch":1367245080,"text":"Yeah, you are right on powerups - if I would have more time, they would definitely be here! But, on the other hand - without them it is more minimalistic :)"},{"author_name":"JohnBroadley","author_uid":"23239","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1367245140,"text":"Great concept, I'm not very good at this, but a great game nontheless!"},{"author_name":"SuperlevelSebastian","author_uid":"23031","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:34pm","epoch":1367256540,"text":"That was fun!"},{"author_name":"deeJayUA","author_uid":"18821","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:02pm","epoch":1367261820,"text":"Great idea!!"},{"author_name":"Jarcas Studios","author_uid":"20322","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:56pm","epoch":1367265060,"text":"Neat twist on a classic"},{"author_name":"Filth and Money","author_uid":"23016","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:43pm","epoch":1367271480,"text":"lol, I like the idea a lot; and I really love how foreboding the music is at the beginning! I just wish extra balls came a little more often. I kept losing them when I got a 7-10 split (so to speak) and could only save one of them. oh yeah, and I got a noob rating lol! =D"},{"author_name":"argo15","author_uid":"11833","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:14pm","epoch":1367273340,"text":"neat little breakout game"},{"author_name":"bvanschooten","author_uid":"14520","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:22pm","epoch":1367273820,"text":"I like your approach to breakout.  The game looks polished. The moments you get extra balls are rather random, as the extra balls make the game much easier."},{"author_name":"Eternal_Rest","author_uid":"21324","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:34am","epoch":1367310540,"text":"I had to check this out as I made a brick breaking game myself. Good job. I like the idea of the bricks scrolling down like that."},{"author_name":"Per","author_uid":"6781","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1367344560,"text":"Fun game with nice music :)"},{"author_name":"sanojian","author_uid":"7542","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1367350500,"text":"A fine version of Arkanoid and fun too.  Not sure what it has to do with the theme, tho."},{"author_name":"Jesse111","author_uid":"22856","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1367358000,"text":"Nice work! Takes a classic concept and gives it new rules. Also, very nice music!"},{"author_name":"tacograveyard","author_uid":"8423","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1367358600,"text":"Interesting how making something infinite tends to simplify it. Good insight."},{"author_name":"Zccc","author_uid":"14205","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:24pm","epoch":1367410740,"text":"Please expand this, it's only fun for a little while!"},{"author_name":"DaveDobson","author_uid":"10977","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1367446800,"text":"Fun and very clean - the graphics are simple but appealing, and the gameplay works well.  Not a lot to do other than bounce balls around, but a solid entry and fun to play (even on my trackpad, which increased the degree of difficulty significantly).  I liked the background music a lot."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:05am","epoch":1367478000,"text":"Good idea. Infinite games are always fun and great time wasters :) The paddle is a bit hard to control on my trackpad, so I would like to see keyboard support too."},{"author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 9:35am","epoch":1367487000,"text":"Thanks for comments! Especially for the tip about keyboard support - next time I will try to support more input methods :)"},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 2:51am","epoch":1367549160,"text":"Not the most original idea, but executed very very well.  Very polished and most of all, fun.  I played it for quite a while."},{"author_name":"Roan Contreras","author_uid":"2043","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 10:47pm","epoch":1367620920,"text":"Simply fun."},{"author_name":"Covenant","author_uid":"326","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 9:39am","epoch":1367660040,"text":"Simple and fun... Good job!"},{"author_name":"GaTechGrad","author_uid":"19778","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1367883720,"text":"Really innovative approach to freshen-up the old Breakout\/Arkanoid formula."},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1367937960,"text":"Nice take on a classic! The bouncing is not affected by speed of the colliding object, so it is harder to control but more predictable."},{"author_name":"simvig","author_uid":"21043","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 7:31pm","epoch":1368041160,"text":"Very interesting twist on the gameplay, but I found that you can't really control the ball well enough to do anything about the descending blocks."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 12:29am","epoch":1368318240,"text":"Pretty fun twist of Breakout\/Arkanoid. The background music was really good."},{"author_name":"messiano","author_uid":"22060","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 12:37am","epoch":1368405120,"text":"Not a fun of Arkanoid, but the extra twist made this very fun. Nice music too."},{"author_name":"StMatn","author_uid":"18894","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1368480780,"text":"Cool game. The ongoing level is a cool mechanic for an arcade game. Great job!"},{"author_name":"davidwparker","author_uid":"7737","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1368566340,"text":"Cool breakout style. I wish there were powerups."}],"images":["ld26\/20486-8910b26711272f0a13d63dbcb42df7d5.jpg","ld26\/20486-7149dbea326de92d3d637874b3b15391.jpg","ld26\/20486-2411218f0ef567af2ff8df1bf69a2d4d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/michailgames.com\/neverending_bricks.php","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/michailgames.com\/games\/neverending_bricks.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24978","g_author":"20486","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25008","g_title":"Neverending bricks","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"698","g_commentcount":"31","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20486-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20486-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20486-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Classic arkanoid game, but with the touch of infinity. Survive this brick madness using up to 8 extra balls - things can quickly get out of control. You don't lose when you are out of balls, but you lose if any of bricks touches the bottom.\r\nControls: mouse\r\nDeveloped using HTML5 Canvas + Javascript.\r\nAll graphics and sounds created by myself.","title":"Neverending bricks"}